Opponents and identity in Philippians
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Part 1 Introduction -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1 The Questions and the Outline of the Study -- 2 Introduction to Previous Study -- Part 2 Methods and Context of the Letter -- Chapter 2 Methodology -- 1 A Methodology for Three Worlds: The Re...
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BRILL
2018
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Supplements to Novum Testamentum (173)
Year: 2018 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Nikki, Nina, Opponents and identity in Philippians] (2020) (Hotze, Gerhard, 1962 -)
[Rezension von: Nikki, Nina, Opponents and identity in Philippians] (2021) (Vorholt, Robert, 1970 -) |
| Series/Journal: | Supplements to Novum Testamentum
173 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Philippians
/ Polemics
B Philippians / Polemics / Pauline letters |
| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Enemies
B 30-600 B Bible B Church History B History B Thesis B Jewish Christians B Paul B Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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| Summary: | Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Part 1 Introduction -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1 The Questions and the Outline of the Study -- 2 Introduction to Previous Study -- Part 2 Methods and Context of the Letter -- Chapter 2 Methodology -- 1 A Methodology for Three Worlds: The Real World, the Symbolic World, and the Text World -- 2 Mirror-Reading through Rhetorical Conventions and Polemics -- 3 Social Psychological Viewpoints (SIA) and Identity Construction -- Chapter 3 The Context of the Letter to the Philippians -- 1 Jews and Christ-Believers in the Roman Empire -- 2 The Date, Location, and Unity of Philippians -- 3 The History and Current Situation of the Philippian Church -- Part 3 Paul and the Jerusalem Community -- Chapter 4 Paul and the Jerusalem Community Before Philippians -- 1 Introduction and the Question of Sources -- 2 The Antioch Incident -- 2.1 Problems with the Traditional View -- 2.2 The Order of Events Reconsidered -- 2.3 Jewish and Gentile Commensality in the First Century CE -- 3 The Jerusalem Meeting -- 3.1 The Differences Between Acts and Galatians -- 3.2 What Was Decided at the Jerusalem Meeting? -- 3.3 The Event after the Jerusalem Meeting, "The Antioch Incident Proper" -- 4 The Galatian Crisis as a Corollary to the Jerusalem Meeting -- 4.1 The Jerusalem Background of the Opponents in Galatia -- 4.2 The Unnecessary "Third Party" -- 4.3 The South Galatian Churches as Affiliates of Jerusalem and Antioch -- 4.4 The Nature of the Crisis -- 4.5 Philip Esler and Social Identity in Galatians -- 5 Paul and the Jerusalem Community after the Last Visit to Jerusalem -- Part 4 Analysis of Philippians -- Chapter 5 Introducing the Opponents: Inclusiveness for the Sake of Self-Enhancement (Phil 1:15-18a) -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Same Opponents in Phil 1:15-18a and Phil 3 -- 2.1 From "Brothers" to "Dogs" (Phil 3:1) 2.2 The Beginning of the Letter: Ethos, Example, and a Straw Challenge -- 3 Denigration of the Opponents: Envy, Strife, and Malevolence -- 3.1 Accusation of False Motives -- 3.2 Envy, Rivalry, and Selfish Ambition: The Core of Intergroup Competition -- 3.3 Malevolence Towards the Imprisoned Paul -- 4 Self-Enhancement through Inclusive Statements -- 4.1 Brothers Encouraged in the Lord to Preach Christ? -- 4.2 Joy as a Sign of Strong Ethos and Secure Status -- 5 The Location of the Opponents and Conclusion -- Chapter 6 Securing the Status of the Philippians against the Jewish Christ-Believing Outgroup: Vilification and Leadership Tactics (Phil 3:2-11) -- 1 Reversing Status Positions: The True Circumcision versus the Mutilation (3:2-3) -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Opponents Denigrated as Dangerous Dogs and Evil Workers -- 1.3 Ingroup as the True Circumcision -- 1.4 Spiritual Ingroup versus Fleshly Outgroup -- 2 Paul's Example: From a Perfect Jew to a Prototypical Leader of a Gentile Christ-Believing Church (3:4-11) -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Paul as a Prototypical Member of the Outgroup (3:4-6) -- 2.2 Becoming a Prototypical Leader of the Gentile Christ-Believing Ingroup (3:7-8) -- Chapter 7 Participation in Christ (Phil 3:10-16) and Eschatology (3:11-15, 20-21) in the Service of Identity Construction -- 1 Participation in Christ: Positive Distinctiveness and More (3:10-16) -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Righteousness as a Secondary Identity Descriptor -- 1.3 Participation in Christ as the Main Building Block of Distinct Identity -- 1.4 Suffering as a Costly Signal -- 2 The Function of Eschatology in Phil 3: Contesting the Future and Motivating the Ingroup -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Paul's Eschatology -- 2.3 Previous Explanations for Paul's Eschatological Reservation in Phil 3:11-15 -- 2.4 Jewish Christ-Believers with Realized Eschatology? 2.5 Erring Philippians? -- 2.6 A SIA Perspective on the Eschatological Statements in Phil 3:20-21 and 3:11-15 -- Chapter 8 Second Round of Denigration: Jewish Christ-Believers as Libertinists (Phil 3:18-21) -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Romans or Christ-Believers? -- 2.1 The "Enemies of the Cross" as Representatives of the Roman Society? -- 2.2 The Outgroup as Christ-Believers -- 3 Denigration of the Opponents -- 3.1 Enemies of the Cross of Christ -- 3.2 Their End Is Destruction -- 3.3 Their God Is the Belly -- 3.4 Their Glory Is in Their Shame -- 3.5 "Earthly Things" versus a Heavenly Politeuma -- Chapter 9 Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Texts and Translations -- Secondary Literature -- Ancient Authors Index -- Modern Authors Index -- Biblical Index |
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| ISBN: | 9004382968 |